June 2013

Hallo! Ich spreche nur ein bischen Deutsch, so I will speak to you in plain English to relay this über good news. Photographer Holly Lynton is presently showing her Solid Ground, series at Galerie Schuster Photo in Berlin. The exhibition is on view now through December 20th.

Jen Bekman is pleased to present Doing a Lot With Very Little, an exhibition of new paintings by Carrie Marill. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and featured in publications such as New American Paintings, Wired Magazine, and The New York Times. This will be her first solo exhibition in New York City.

The exhibition will be on view Friday, September 12 through October 18, 2008 at Jen Bekman Gallery, located at 6 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10012. An opening reception for the artist will be held on the evening of Friday, September 12 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the gallery.

In Carrie's own words:

Doing a Lot with Very Little is the result of my endeavor to create a series of non-narrative work. I am using recognizable imagery and the language of systems to create a dialog; the mathematical and the organic cohabitate, creating a world of exploration and curiosity.

I chose to paint house plants after coming across some elegant images in a Japanese architecture book. I've painted them before and found myself returning to plants when I needed a break from the detailed birds I had been working on over the past year. I like the quiet and contemplative way drawings of ordinary house plants can say so much, through very little.

The abstract drawings are observations in color, value and composition, generating three-dimensional images in a two dimensional space. They act as pauses between the house plant paintings. It is an organic process, each color choice was in response to the previous color painted. Simple marks combine together to create an optical illusion, much like the subtle value changes and intricate lines that make up the images of house plants.

The press for Boston-based painter Amy Ross just keeps rolling in. Small Magazine, a new mag out to support independent "creators, designers, photographers, and illustrators" just featured a few of Amy's paintings in their Summer '07 issue.

Amy's solo show anima mundi was shown April 27 - June 7 at jen bekman, her first solo show in New York City. Amy has since recieved quite a bit of attention for her paintings, very well deserved I might add. Many of her pieces have sold after the opening -- people are really taking a liking to these images of "genetic engineering and mutation gone awry." That said, if you're interested in purchasing what's left, there are still pieces worth inquiring about: info @ jenbekman.com.